From: Nathan Lynch <ntl@pobox.com>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 3/3] docs: describe "file" and "local" methods in LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:54:01 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1339970041-17398-4-git-send-email-ntl@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1339970041-17398-1-git-send-email-ntl@pobox.com>
Based on description by Thomas Petazzoni at:
http://free-electrons.com/blog/buildroot-2011-11/
Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <ntl@pobox.com>
---
docs/manual/adding-packages-gentargets.txt | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-gentargets.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-gentargets.txt
index b296ac4..84cf06b 100644
--- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-gentargets.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-gentargets.txt
@@ -209,6 +209,14 @@ The list of variables that can be set in a +.mk+ file to give metadata
** +bzr+ for retrieving source code from a Bazaar repository. Used
by default when +LIBFOO_SITE+ begins with +bzr://+. The
downloaded source code is cached as with the +svn+ method.
+ ** +file+ for a local tarball. One should use this when
+ +LIBFOO_SITE+ specifies a package tarball as a local filename.
+ Useful for software that isn't available publicly or in version
+ control.
+ ** +local+ for a local source code directory. One should use this
+ when +LIBFOO_SITE+ specifies a local directory path containing
+ the package source code. Buildroot copies the contents of the
+ source directory into the package's build directory.
* +LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES+ lists the dependencies (in terms of package
name) that are required for the current target package to
--
1.7.10.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-17 21:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-17 21:53 [Buildroot] [PATCH 0/3] Document use of local sources for packages Nathan Lynch
2012-06-17 21:53 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/3] docs: update LIBFOO_SITE to describe use of filesystem paths Nathan Lynch
2012-06-17 21:54 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/3] docs: rework LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD documentation Nathan Lynch
2012-06-17 21:54 ` Nathan Lynch [this message]
2012-06-18 6:50 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 0/3] Document use of local sources for packages Thomas Petazzoni
2012-06-30 19:07 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-07-02 5:33 ` Peter Korsgaard
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